“With OS X Mavericks, Apple ended the era of naming their desktop operating system after big cats,” E. Werner Reschke writes for T-GAAP.
“OS X Mavericks is the first in a series of naming conventions focused on areas around California,” Reschke writes. “avericks is a surfing town on the coast of California, near Apple head quarters.”
Reschke writes, “So what is next? Isn’t that always the question after the launch of a new product passes? What will the name of the next OS X release be? Here’s a few we thought of and a few we thought Apple should stay away from…”
Among the names Reschke suggests that Apple avoid: “OS X Compton.”
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MacDailyNews Take: OS X Watts.
With that name, Apple could try some sort of play on battery life, solar power, fuels cells, etc. or perhaps some retro marketing tie-in with Sanford and Son — the idea of which is, admittedly, more than a bit strange, yet somehow strangely intriguing.
Or, how about “OS X Thunderbolt Peak?”
Anyone else have any ideas, good or bad?
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I suggest it would be California places other than cities. So surfing spots, but not Ventura. But then again surfing spots may run out. They could go for beaches. OR they could go inland a bit and choose some regions like Mojave, Joshua Tree, Shasta, Sequoia.
Remember it could be about geography, places of physical activity, etc. However all of them are in California.
They should name it after the greatest city known to civilisation… Manchester!
OS X Manchester
Dr. Cox
I really enjoy your astronomy shows, kudos.
Wish we had more stuff like that in the USA.
Do people ever confuse you with Brian Cox,
the Shakespearean actor? (who also incidentally
was the first guy to play Hannibal Lector on the
silver screen) You know, like you check into a hotel
and the concierge mistakenly sends the actor’s
“reception committee” to your room because
no one told him it was the other Brian Cox,
the physicist?
Hi Korgri.
I can set your mind at rest, that scenario has happened precisely zero times.
Not many people can mistake a Scottish accent for a Mancunian one 😀
OS X Fere!!!
With all due respect, place names never make good mascots, and like it or not, emotional benefit is derived from having a great mascot. Admit it, relative to the impressive felines that have graced Mac screens for more than a decade, a blue-green blur is BOOOOOOOOORING.
Moreover, even if a breaking wave is your thing, “OS X Mavericks” is awkward and meaningless to the vast majority of Mac users, and 100% of potential switchers to the Mac. It would have made way more sense to stick with cats until OS XI, and then pick a new impressive genus that everyone loves.
Monterey, Pacific Grove Carmel, Big Sur … and how about OS X Los Gatos?
I never liked the Mavericks name… Unfortunately, the first image that comes to my mind is that of John McCain and Sarah Palin!
OS X Rincon
OSX Bakersfield? lol
I GOT IT!!! Coachella.. you can get it months ahead without knowing what’s in it!
If your talking surf then the thing about mavericks is that it can produce seriously big waves that only the mavericks will try to surf. It has risk attached and bravery. Very Apple. Soo how about:
Pipeline
Bells
Tahopo
The other possibility is great creative thinkers.
Leonardo
Feynman
Einstein
Newton. Hmm maybe not
Pascal
Marconi
Edison
Hoyle
Galileo
Watson Crick
Fermi
Hubble
Orville
Wilber
Armstrong
Sagan
Etc
International, like the company
The Dr
OSX Hollywood…all smoke and mirrors version….
They DEFINITELY need to do OSX: zzyzx
OS X Sequoia
I was under the impression that the names of OSX would be California themed BUT NOT limited to just place names.
But I was so expecting🐱 Pussycat… 😢